Football betting preview: Kortrijk with moderate expectations before welcoming Union Saint-Gilloise

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Playing at home feels safe and nice for Kortrijk, but Union Saint-Gilloise are fully intent and able to go home as winners. How will it turn out?

Insights:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pro League

Kortrijk can neither be promoted or relegated from Pro League.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League.

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Kortrijk form and stats

4-5-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Kortrijk so far this season. When Kortrijk hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Gent, Antwerp, Club Brugge, Genk and Standard Liege), they have won 3 of 5 matches!

Stress levels are on the rise for Kortrijk's attacking players as they have now played 329 minutes without scoring in a league game. Kadri  was their last goal scorer.

Kortrijk lost their last game at Antwerp (placed 3rd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfielder Lončar was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.1 (out of ten) in that game. Lončar had 38 successful passes (of 47 total).

Before that, Kortrijk drew at home versus AS Eupen.

Kortrijk have scored {14 league goals} here from 16 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kortrijk have conceded 25 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

9 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Union Saint-Gilloise playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Europa League home loss versus Bayer Leverkusen with 1-4 on the scoreboard. The attacker Terho got a match rating of 7.65 in that game. Terho scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs RFC Seraing.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this club's 10 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Union Saint-Gilloise are regular goalscorers on their travels. 23 goals have been conceded by Union Saint-Gilloise in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head match ended Union Saint-Gilloise - Kortrijk 2-1, earlier this season. Kortrijk-Union Saint-Gilloise H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kortrijk two wins, Union Saint-Gilloise seven wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseS. Adingra
S. Adingra
10 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseT. Teuma
T. Teuma
9 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
8 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kortrijk Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
8 4 3 Won W 4 9 22
7 5 0 Drew D 0 4 6
18 7 2 Lost L 1 3 5
35 14 4 Scored S 13 33 66
57 25 6 Conceded C 7 23 39
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 91%
55% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 70%
39% 38% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 27%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 15%
55% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 80% 81% 73%
21% 25% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 24%
30% 44% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 6% 3%
 
4.3 4.7 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.1 5.8
6.5 5.6 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 4.8 4.2
2.3 2.3 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.3
6 3 2 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
11.3 12.8 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 13.3 14.4
3.7 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.2 4.8
29% 21% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 49% 42%
 
16.3 15.5 16.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.5 9
5.1 4.9 5.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.3 3.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals away as Kortrijk have scored home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pro League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 33 23 5 5 76 35 17 14 1 2 44 15 16 9 4 3 32 20 41 74
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 22 6 5 66 39 17 13 2 2 33 16 16 9 4 3 33 23 27 72
3 Antwerp 33 21 6 6 58 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 16 8 4 4 22 15 32 69
4 Gent 33 16 8 9 63 36 16 9 4 3 27 14 17 7 4 6 36 22 27 56
5 Club Brugge 33 15 11 7 54 36 16 9 6 1 33 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 18 56
6 Standard Liege 33 16 7 10 56 42 17 10 3 4 34 17 16 6 4 6 22 25 14 55
7 Westerlo 33 14 8 11 60 52 17 8 4 5 40 26 16 6 4 6 20 26 8 50
8 Cercle Brugge 33 12 11 10 47 44 17 8 7 2 31 18 16 4 4 8 16 26 3 47
9 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 5 14 43 50 16 7 1 8 21 25 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 47
10 Anderlecht 33 13 7 13 47 43 16 6 4 6 25 20 17 7 3 7 22 23 4 46
11 OH Leuven 33 12 9 12 53 46 16 6 5 5 26 22 17 6 4 7 27 24 7 45
12 Sint-Truiden 33 11 9 13 37 39 16 6 4 6 20 18 17 5 5 7 17 21 -2 42
13 Mechelen 33 10 7 16 46 61 17 7 6 4 29 27 16 3 1 12 17 34 -15 37
14 Kortrijk 33 8 7 18 35 57 16 4 5 7 14 25 17 4 2 11 21 32 -22 31
15 AS Eupen 33 7 7 19 40 68 17 4 4 9 22 33 16 3 3 10 18 35 -28 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 6 9 18 48 75 16 3 4 9 25 43 17 3 5 9 23 32 -27 27
17 KV Oostende 33 6 6 21 35 75 17 5 1 11 18 33 16 1 5 10 17 42 -40 24
18 RFC Seraing 33 5 4 24 27 67 16 1 3 12 7 28 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 33 23 5 5 76 35 17 14 1 2 44 15 16 9 4 3 32 20 41 74
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 22 6 5 66 39 17 13 2 2 33 16 16 9 4 3 33 23 27 72
3 Antwerp 33 21 6 6 58 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 16 8 4 4 22 15 32 69
4 Gent 33 16 8 9 63 36 16 9 4 3 27 14 17 7 4 6 36 22 27 56
5 Club Brugge 33 15 11 7 54 36 16 9 6 1 33 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 18 56
6 Standard Liege 33 16 7 10 56 42 17 10 3 4 34 17 16 6 4 6 22 25 14 55
7 Westerlo 33 14 8 11 60 52 17 8 4 5 40 26 16 6 4 6 20 26 8 50
8 Cercle Brugge 33 12 11 10 47 44 17 8 7 2 31 18 16 4 4 8 16 26 3 47
9 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 5 14 43 50 16 7 1 8 21 25 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 47
10 Anderlecht 33 13 7 13 47 43 16 6 4 6 25 20 17 7 3 7 22 23 4 46
11 OH Leuven 33 12 9 12 53 46 16 6 5 5 26 22 17 6 4 7 27 24 7 45
12 Sint-Truiden 33 11 9 13 37 39 16 6 4 6 20 18 17 5 5 7 17 21 -2 42
13 Mechelen 33 10 7 16 46 61 17 7 6 4 29 27 16 3 1 12 17 34 -15 37
14 Kortrijk 33 8 7 18 35 57 16 4 5 7 14 25 17 4 2 11 21 32 -22 31
15 AS Eupen 33 7 7 19 40 68 17 4 4 9 22 33 16 3 3 10 18 35 -28 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 6 9 18 48 75 16 3 4 9 25 43 17 3 5 9 23 32 -27 27
17 KV Oostende 33 6 6 21 35 75 17 5 1 11 18 33 16 1 5 10 17 42 -40 24
18 RFC Seraing 33 5 4 24 27 67 16 1 3 12 7 28 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 19

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.